Street-railway automatic switch-iron.



No. 885,788. PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

' I w. K. REIGHNER.

sm'E-BT RAILWAY AUTOMATIC svmcu IRON.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9, 1906.

WINFIELD' K. REIOHNER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STREET-RAILWAY AUTOMATIC SWITCH-IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 28, 1908.

'Application filed December 9, 1905. Serial No. 291,078.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WINFIELD K. REICH- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1710 Jefferson street, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsyltical rod is operated in conjunction with a horizontal ror which said horizontal rod is secured to a vertical bracket rigidly supported from the front platform of a car; the object of my improvement is to afford better facilities for street railway switch point throwing. I attain this by a mechanism as illustrated in the accompanyin drawing in which A, represents the vertica rod. having on its lower end a shoe G, for engaging the switch point, said vertical rod asses through and is loosely held by a gulde rigidly secured to the front end of the car. The up erend of said rod A, passes through the en of rod B, and is provided with a thread for receiving a nut by which same is secured thereto. The horizontal rod B, is provided with a hole for receiving the rod A, at one end and at the other end contains a handle I midway between the two ends the rod B, is provided with two pins D, by which same is secured to vertical bracket C, the said rod B, is provided with a notch E, for engaging the catch F, which provides for the holding of rod B, stationary when not in operation. The said catch is provided with pins J, and by that means is secured to the u per end of vertical bracket so as to enable tfi or lowered into the notch E, in rod B.

The lower end of the vertical bracket is rigidly secured to the front platform of the car, the upper end of the said vertical bracket C,

e catch F, to be lifted from is cut out so as to permit the insertion of the said rod B, and is also provided with two slots for the reception of pins D, of the rod B, the said slots to be arranged crosswise and admit of an axial movement of the rod B, above the said slots the said rod C, is provided with two holes or pockets for the reception of the pins J, of the catch F.

In operation the catch F, is disengaged from the notch E, thus permitting the rod B, controlling the rod A, to lower, as shown in dotted lines, and engage the shoe of rod A, with the switch point and then the rod B, is shifted either right or left which moves the rod A, laterally and by means of the guide H, shifts the switch oint.

I am aware t at prior to my invention switch point throwers with stationary rigid brackets have been invented, I therefore do not claim such a combination broadly but I claim:

1. In a switch point throwing device, a vertical rod loosely held by a guide rigidly secured to the front end of a car, a horizontal rod secured by pins D to a vertical bracket rigidly secured upon the front platform of a car, and operatively connected with the gfplresaid vertical rod substantially as speci- 2. In a switch point throwin device in which a vertical bracket, secure to a horizontal rod by means of pins D, o crates a vertical rod loosely held by a gui e rigidly secured to the front end of a car, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

WINFIELD K. REICHN ER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL K. REIOHNER, A. M. BUNN. 

